We will use several one-minute timed phonics and reading screeners to get idea of the strengths of your child and determine the level of tutoring that would be best for beginning. We use DIBELS Phoneme Segmentation, Nonsense Word Fluency, and Oral Reading Fluency tests to help determine your reader's level.  Additional phonics or reading assessments may also be used if more information is needed.

There are several options for lessons depending on your child's level.  For emergent readers, we work on alphabet books, warm up activities with sounds and sight words, writing mini-books together, phonics and word work, and reading.

For beginning readers with more skills or readers who are struggling learning phonics, lessons begin with phonemic awareness activities where students listen for targeted sounds and place them where they hear them in words.  Then we begin the sound-correspondence section of the lesson where we encode and decode words with the target sound/spelling pattern. Your child will be making and writing words virtually as well as on paper or a small whiteboard. During the last section of the lesson, the student applies this new phonics knowledge in reading text as well as writing it in dictated sentences.

Students will need a laptop or desktop for lessons (touchscreen is preferred, but a mouse will work, too). 

A second option would be using an iPad along with the desktop or laptop so that your student can move letters and write on the screen.

Other materials that may be needed depending on the needs of the student - small whiteboard, spiral notebook, writing utensils, printed materials sent by the teacher.

The costs are determined depending on the number of hours per week that will work best for your child and family. (They can also be split up in different time increments if your child has a very short attention span!) Your account will be automatically billed each week.

We charge $70/hour.

We are also a Step Up For Students Direct Provider. Please email us at [email protected] for more information.

It is expected that the student will be on time, be respectful, and do his/her best.  Parents can help their child be prepared for the session with materials so that the lesson goes smoothly and learning is optimized. :)

We will always do our best to make sessions, engaging, motivating, fun, and individualized based on your child's interests and unique personality!❤️️

We understand things come up, and if a session needs to be canceled, we request 24 hours advance notice. We will work together to schedule a make-up session.

If you have additional questions, please email us at [email protected] or contact us through our site. We usually reply within 1 business day.  Thank you!